Hobart College has been disciplined by the NCAA for committing major violations in its men's lacrosse and football program and must vacate its wins from the 2006 season.

The penalties for the violations include three years of probation, a one-year postseason ban for lacrosse, vacating the records from that year and a fine of $70,000.

The violations, which were self-reported by the school, included a failure to get clearance through the NCAA Eligibility Center for a period of 14 years, ineligible participation by a student athlete in 2006, impermissible inducements and extra benefits, inconsistent financial aid, and lack of institutional control, the report said. The team plays in the ECAC for lacrosse.

“These NCAA infractions, which emerged through separate circumstances, have clearly demonstrated that the complexity of the NCAA’s large and expanding legislation requires greater attention,” Hobart athletic director Mike Hanna told the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester. “We have a responsibility to our students to ensure that administrative details do not impede their ability to play their chosen sport and we have a responsibility to our alumni, students and fans to maintain the rich history and character of Hobart athletics.”

Head coach T.W. Johnson and director of athletic communication Ken DeBolt would not comment on the situation during an interview Friday afternoon.

In 2006 — the year the NCAA calls for records to be vacated — Hobart went 6-8, including a 9-8 win against Syracuse in the Carrier Dome. It was Hobart's first win against the Orange since 1986.

The head coach in that year was Matt Kerwick who is currently the coach at Jacksonville.

According to the NCAA report, all of those wins must be vacated and all Hobart publications and archives must reflect that.

From the report:

The institution shall vacate all wins in which a student-athlete competed while ineligible during the 2005-06 academic year, including participation in any postseason competition. The individual records of the student-athlete shall also be vacated for all contests in which he competed while ineligible. Further, the record of the affected head coach shall be reconfigured to reflect the vacated results.

Finally, the institution's records regarding men's lacrosse shall be reconfigured to reflect the vacated institutional, student-athlete's and head coach's records in all publications in which such record are recorded including, but not limited to, institutional media guides, recruiting materials, electronic and digital media, and institutional and NCAA archives. Any reference to the vacated results, including championships, shall be removed from the athletics department stationary, banners displayed in public areas, and any other forum in which they appear.

From 1994-95 academic year through fall 2008, Hobart allowed its first-year men's lacrosse students to compete without obtaining eligibility certification from the NCAA. Also in that period, the school failed to track progress-toward-degree requirements. In 2005-06, one student athlete competed even though he failed to meet NCAA satisfactory requirements.

Here's the section from the NCAA's report:

The violations in this case occurred in the institution's men's lacrosse program, the only NCAA Division I sport on campus. For 14 years, from the 1994-95 academic year through the fall of 2008, the institution allowed its first-year men's lacrosse student- athletes to compete without obtaining eligibility certification from the NCAA. As a result, all student-athletes who competed in that time frame were ineligible to do so. Further, the institution failed to maintain squad lists for the men's lacrosse team. The institution's failures constituted a lack of institutional control.

Through the same 14 year period, the institution failed to track progress-toward-degree requirements for members of the men's lacrosse team. During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that, during the 2005-06 academic year, one student- athlete ("student-athlete") competed even though he failed to meet NCAA satisfactory progress requirements.

The NCAA report said there was a lack of institutional control and that "Neither the director of athletics, the head coach, nor the compliance officer had an understanding of who among them was responsible for ensuring the initial eligibility of men's lacrosse student-athletes."

The football team must vacate records from 2006 and 2007, the report said.

The Statesmen went 3-11 in 2010 and were ranked 38th in the Face-Off Yearbook.